Temple University Athletics
MATT LANGEL NAMED ASSISTANT MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH
5.15.06 | Men's Basketball
PHILADELPHIA -Matt Langel, who helped guide Penn to consecutive Ivy League Championships as an assistant coach under Fran Dunphy, joins his former coach and mentor as an assistant men's basketball coach at Temple University.
"I am extremely pleased that Matt has decided to join the Temple staff," Dunphy said. "Matt was an integral part of our success at Penn the last two years, and brings a tremendous amount of basketball knowledge to the program."
A first team all-Ivy League player as a senior at Penn, Langel, a 2000 graduate of the Wharton School of Business, helped lead the Quakers to two Ivy League titles and NCAA Tournament appearances during his four-year career (1996-2000). The Quakers went 27-1 in Ivy League action in his junior and senior campaigns and sported a 42-14 overall record. Langel was named Ivy League and Big Five Player of the Week numerous times and received the Big Five's Most Improved Player Award. He was also named to the Holiday Festival All-Tournament team (1998) and the University of California Golden Bear Holiday Classic All-Tournament Team (1999).
Langel etched his name in the Penn record books in several different categories. He is a member of the 1,000-point club with 1,191 points in a Red and Blue uniform. He stands second all-time in Penn basketball history in three-pointers made in a game with eight, is eighth in three-pointers made in a season with 70, and fourth in career three-pointers made with 201.
Upon graduation, Langel was drafted by Atlantic City of the USBL in 2000 and worked out in the Seattle SuperSonics camp. Following that, he made the trip across the Atlantic Ocean to test the professional ranks in Europe, playing for Chene BC in Switzerland and ALM Evreux Basket in France Pro A. The Moorestown, N.J. native participated in the Philadelphia 76ers summer camp in 2001, but returned to Europe to play for the MBC and Hagan in German Bundesliga I. His last professional stop before returning to Penn as an assistant coach was playing for the Eiffel Towers in Holland.
A member of the Friars Senior Society and the University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee while at Penn, Langel, 28, resides in Philadelphia. He is engaged to Tara Twomey and the couple will be married on September 16 of this year.
